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Poached Pear and Aged Cheddar Salad Recipes from The Observatory Poached Bosc Pear and Aged Cheddar Salad winter greens, buttermilk cream, mapled candied pecans, pear and walnut vinaigrette Serves 6-8 Poached Pears 5 Bosc pears 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) apple cider vinegar 2 cups (500 mL) water 1 cup (250 mL) white sugar 1/2 cup (125 mL) finely grated fresh ginger 1 red chili pepper 1 cinnamon stick 6

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Grouse Mountain Welcomes World Renowned Artists and a New Resident to the Refuge for Endangered Wildlife   November 3, 2011 North Vancouver, B.C. - Grouse Mountain is proud to pay host to the Artists for Conservation Festival (AFC) which will bring some of the world’s best nature and wildlife art and artists to the Peak of Vancouver. From November 5 to 13, artists, including world renowned

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Bears Enjoying Late Summer Sun and Starting to Fatten For Winter Grinder and Coola, our two Grizzlies, have been enjoying some late summer warm temperatures and sunshine recently.  They love their ponds and are often found lounging lazily in them with their heads on the rocks, watching the world go by.  Despite the warm temperatures the bears are sensing that the days are growing shorter and

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View a Wolf Feed up Close! Every day our pack of three timber wolves is fed roughly three pounds of meat each.  This is sometimes a ground meat, sometimes beef on the bone and other times it is fish or other game.  Of course this is their favourite time of day!Using my new GoPro camera I was able to set it in beside some of the ground meat for a unique perspective of Beta as he comes in to get

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Earth Hour by Candlelight Observe Earth Hour by candlelight atop Grouse Mountain Send a message across the world from the Peak Chalet March 23, 2010, Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver, B.C. – Hundreds of millions of people around the world will turn off their lights for one hour, at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 27th 2010, in a symbolic action for climate change. The global initiative will be

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Get Excited! Winter Is Just Around the Corner Book now for Camps and Clinics School is back in session, the days are getting shorter so that signals that winter is almost here. Don't despair this means months of fun on the slopes are on the horizon! Get a jump start honing your skills by registering early for our ski and snowboarding Zone and Free Ride Camps, Ski Wee, Ladies Only, Adult Clinics

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Spring Cleaning for Snow Lovers Time for a tune-up at the Outpost Even your favourite ski and snowboard gear can use a spring clean. With loads of snow on the Mountain there is no better time to sharpen and wax those edges at our Rental Outpost. When summer does finally arrive, be sure and plan to ward off the evils of oxidization with an end-of season tune-up as well. A good waxing at the end of

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Special Events this Weekend Join us for the Skating Gala and the VOC Gospel Choir If you’re not in the Christmas spirit yet, make a date to join us this weekend at The Peak of Christmas. With real reindeer, visits with Santa, sleigh rides, fresh powder, our SOS Children’s Gingerbread Village, and the sweets sounds of the VOC Gospel Choir (Sunday, 1-3pm), you’ll be filled with the spirit of the

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Bird Calls at Night Nocturnal migrants cause a cacophony of calls. For the past few weeks here on Grouse Mountain, if you wandered around late at night, you would have heard a strange cacophony of bird calls and sounds that you never hear in the light of the day.These are the calls of the nocturnal migrants. Many bird species migrate at night for safety. Predators such as bird's of prey are not

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Spring Break Camps Our resident barn owl Tyto says they will be a hoot Spring Break is just around the corner and if you are looking for a fun weekday program to keep your kids entertained, active and outside in the fresh air then look no further than Grouse Mountain. Not only will campers get to hang out with resident barn owl Tyto but they will also learn about tracking wildlife, animal

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